Today's Highlight in History:
On August 21st, 1940, exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City from wounds inflicted by an assassin.
On this date:
In 1680, Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa Fe, New Mexico, after driving out the Spanish.
In 1831, former slave Nat Turner led a violent insurrection in Virginia. (He was later executed.)
In 1858, the famous debates between Senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas began.
In 1878, the American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, New York.
In 1944, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington that helped pave the way for establishment of the United Nations.
In 1945, President Truman ended the Lend-Lease program that had shipped some $50 billion in aid to America's allies during World War Two.
In 1959, President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.
In 1983, Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Junior, ending a self-imposed exile in the United States, was shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport.
In 1983, the musical play La Cage Aux Folles opened on Broadway.
In 1991, the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.
Ten years ago: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein delivered a speech in which he defended the detaining of foreigners in his country, and promised a major catastrophe should fighting break out in the Persian Gulf.
Five years ago: ABC News settled a $10 billion libel suit by apologizing to Philip Morris for reporting the tobacco giant had manipulated the amount of nicotine in its cigarettes. A suicide bomber set off an explosion that tore through two crowded Israeli commuter buses, killing five others. A commuter plane crashed near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine people.
One year ago: President Clinton urged Americans to contribute to the relief effort for Turkey, where the death toll from a massive earthquake four days earlier topped 12,000 (it eventually reached 17,000).
雅思写作常用词汇总结
雅思写作名师答疑:名人名言会有用吗
雅思9分例文:人口与环境
雅思写作五大误区:光看范文而不写
雅思写作词汇分类汇总:工作类
剑八写作解析之一:题型和话题不变
雅思写作要避免语法错误 调整思维方式
雅思写作词汇分类汇总:科技类
雅思大作文点评系列:广告的作用
雅思大作文点评:是否应纳税?
雅思写作满分准备方法四则
雅思剑八写作解析之二:出题类型有变
雅思9分范文:关于大学教育
雅思大作文点评:大学男生女生是否应一样多?
雅思8.5分经验谈:写作突破是关键
雅思大作文点评:多文化社会的优缺点
雅思写作评分标准及考生应试策略
雅思大作文点评:不够尊重老人的原因
雅思写作词汇分类汇总:文化类
雅思大作文中如何举例子
雅思写作语法结构的三种情况
中国学生雅思写作的四大通病
雅思写作中的“双边”讨论文章
雅思大作文点评:学生是否应上私立中学?
剑八解析写作篇:剑八的不变与变
雅思写作误区:注重语言而非内容
4月雅思写作抢先播报
名师指导:雅思写作中的衔接与连贯
雅思大作文点评:解决城市住房短缺只能靠政府?
雅思作文权威点评:养宠物的利弊
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |